Progress & Prosperity (e-book)

> With contributions by architects (XML, OMA), intellectuals (WAI Think Tank, Ou Ning) and academics (Princeton, Harvard, ETH Singapore)> Is the new Chinese city a blueprint for cities worldwide, like the Italian city was once a blueprint for the Northern European city?> Book launch in Amsterdam (Pakhuis de Zwijger), Beijing (Urban China Initiative by McKinsey, Tsinghua and Columbia University) and New York (Columbia University)> Photo essay Eric Tabuchi>Watch here the video to the lecture> Read here the article on Dezwijger > Watch the book review by #donotsettle

The Chinese metropolis has developed into the world’s most successful urban scheme. Combining bottom-up energy with top-down force, it pushes cities and their inhabitants towards progress, fast-forward.